les

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Adjective 2 Asturian 2.1 Article 3 Catalan 3.1 Article 3.2 Pronoun 4 Czech 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun 4.3.1 Declension 4.3.2 Related terms 5 Danish 5.1 Noun 6 Dutch 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Derived terms 7 French 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronunciation 7.3 Article 7.4 Pronoun 7.4.1 Related terms 7.5 References 8 Hungarian 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Noun 8.3 Verb 9 Icelandic 9.1 Verb 10 Old French 10.1 Article 11 Rohingya 11.1 Etymology 11.2 Noun 12 Slovak 12.1 Etymology 12.2 Noun 12.2.1 Declension 13 Slovene 13.1 Etymology 13.2 Noun 14 Spanish 14.1 Etymology 14.2 Pronoun 14.2.1 See also

[edit] English

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• lez

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• (UK, US), IPA: /lɛz/ SAMPA: /lEz/
• Rhymes: -ɛz

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les (plural leses)

1. (slang, colloquial) Short form of lesbian.

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les (comparative more les, superlative most les)

1. (slang, colloquial) Short form of lesbian.

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les f. pl. (masculine sg el, feminine sg la, neuter sg lo, masculine plural los)

1. (definite) the

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les (singular la, masculine el)

1. the (definite article, plural of la)

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les (singular la)

1. Accusative feminine plural pronoun before verb.

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From Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.

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les m.

1. forest

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• lesní
• lesník m.

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les c.

1. Genitive singular indefinite of le.

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les f. (article de, plural lessen)

1. course, lesson

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• lesgeven

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From Old French les, from Latin illos, which is the accusative plural of ille.^[1]

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• IPA: /le/

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les

1. Plural of le. The.
2. Plural of la. The.

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les

1. Plural of le. Them.
2. Plural of la. Them.

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• Notes:

1. ^ Dauzat, Albert; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964). “le, la, les”, Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French). Paris: Librairie Larousse.

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[edit] Hungarian

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• IPA: /ˈlɛʃ/

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les (plural lesek)

1. (soccer) offside

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les

1. spy
2. stare, goggle
3. cheat at a test by looking at someone else's work

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[edit] Icelandic

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les

1. the first person singular form (“‘I read’”) of lesa (“‘to read’”)

   Ég les mikið af þýskum bókum.

   I read a lot of German books.

2. the third person singular form (“‘he/it/she reads’”) of lesa (“‘to read’”)

   Pálmi les alltaf sömu söguna, þótt hann eigi margar bækur.

   Pálmi always reads the same story, even though he has many books.

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les

1. nominative feminine plural of li
2. oblique feminine plural of li
3. oblique masculine plural of li

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[edit] Rohingya

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From Bengali.

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les

1. tail

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[edit] Slovak

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From Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.

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les m. (plural lesy, stem les, genitive singular lesa)

1. forest

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Declension pattern dub

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Wikipedia ^sl

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From Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.

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les m.

1. wood (substance, timber)

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[edit] Spanish

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Latin ille.

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les

1. Dative form of ellos.; to them
2. Dative form of ustedes.; for them
3. Dative form of los.; to you guys
4. Dative form of las.; for you guys

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